Gears of War 2 Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

Simply walk forward a long way until a cut scene takes over and leaves you with a checkpoint. Dom leads you into a building where you'll have to mantle over a short wall before reaching a lift platform you can activate to rise to the next level.

You'll hit another brief cut scene ahead before taking a second lift down to another checkpoint. Turn a nearby crank to close flood gates in the room so that you can cross the watery area between the spot you're at now and the dry landing across the room. As you mantle over the wall into the formerly-watery area, locusts flood in from the other side and one of them tries to open the flood gates from the far side.

Try to push forward past at least the first bit of cover before quickly taking aim at the locust to the left that's trying to flood you out. Watch out for incoming frags and consider tossing in one of your own. One of the locusts is armed with a sniper rifle and will drill you dead pretty quick if you don't target him early. Kill the baddies and then hop onto their landing to ride another lift to another checkpoint.